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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
David Bauder

Pentagon press corps surrender badges and walk out at same time over Hegseth policy: ‘Proud we stuck together’

Dozens of journalists packed up their desks and exited the Pentagon together Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work.

Many reporters waited to leave until a 4 p.m. deadline set by the Defense Department to get out of the building. Boxes of documents lined a Pentagon corridor as reporters carried chairs, a copying machine, books and old photos to the parking lot from suddenly abandoned workspaces.

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